Mark 12:1-12 And he began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard and placed a fence around it and shoveled a winepress in it and built a tower, and rented it out to farmers and went-abroad.

MLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And he began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard and placed a fence around it and shoveled a winepress in it and built a tower, and rented it out to farmers and went-abroad. ² And at the harvest time, he sent a bondservant to the farmers, in order that he might receive from the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers. ³ But they took him and whipped him and sent him away empty handed. ⁴ And again, he sent another bondservant to them, and having stoned him, they bashed his head and sent him away, having dishonored him. ⁵ And again, he sent another, and they killed him and many others, whipping some but killing others. ⁶ Therefore, he still had one, his beloved son; he also sent him last to them, saying, They will be revering my son. ⁷ But those farmers said to themselves, This is the heir. Come-here. We should kill him and the inheritance will be ours. ⁸ And they took him and killed him and cast him forth outside the vineyard. ⁹ Therefore, what will the lord of the vineyard be doing? He will come and will destroy the farmers and will be giving the vineyard to others. ¹⁰ Have you not even read this Scripture, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, this has become the head of the corner; ¹¹ this came from the Lord and it is marvelous in our eyes’? ¹² And they were seeking to take-hold of him, and yet they feared the crowd. They knew that he spoke the parable to them and they left him and went away.

{Mat 22:1-14.}